Recipient, 2013 President’s Young Talents Award and National Arts Council’s Young Artist Award
International Arts Practitioner
MA Fine Arts, Class of 2011
Zaki is a contemporary artist who adopts a participatory approach to his art and weaves humour into the process to engage art audiences. His artistic practice spans the fields of street art, graphic design, performance art, writing, curating, installation art and education. His notable performance-installation pieces include Eat for Peace (Hong Kong, 2008) and seVen: a wedding exhibition (2011).
Since his debut at Seni (2004), as part of a group exhibition at the Singapore Art Museum, Zaki has exhibited extensively in Singapore, France, Thailand and Hong Kong. Recognised locally and internationally, Zaki has also been accepted for notable residencies including The Substation’s Associate Artist Research Programme in Singapore (2012 – 2014) and the Land Foundation Artist Residency in Chiang Mai, Thailand (2006). He was awarded the 2013 President’s Young Talents Award, for his performance-installation piece, Revising Art: The Ten Year Series at the Singapore Art Museum, and in the same year, he received the National Arts Council’s Young Artist Award.
